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European Agency Promotes Integration of Defence Sector With Collaboration Solution

The European Defence Agency EDA works to promote an integrated approach to Europe's defence capability and collaborations in areas such as procurement, research, and technology. Shortly after it was formed in 2004, developers were able to swiftly create a range of online productivity tools. Users can access all applications through...

Tags: Solution, Collaboration, Procurement, Microsoft Corp., Integration, European Agency, Purchasing & Procurement, Groupware, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-10-12

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NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship

NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...

Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-24

No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings

Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

PCI Compliance

The new reality for European retail companies

Tags: Easynet, Retail, PCI, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-23

The need for real-time communications in European logistics

Value-added services beyond transportation

Tags: Easynet, Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Business Operations

White papers 2008-07-23

Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers

From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...

Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...

Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...

Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects

Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...

Tags: Arrest, eBay Inc., Romania, Romanian, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-17

EU files new charges against Intel

European Union antitrust regulators say Intel paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. BRUSSELS--European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. ...

Tags: Commission, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Components, Reuters, Intel, antitrust, European Commission, AMD, processors

News items 2008-07-17

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom

In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain.  The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...

Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare

Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareRE: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareThe legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Thermopylae, clone nightmare

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: report

European regulators are preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel, expanding a probe into the chipmaker's marketing and sales practices, according to a report. European regulators are preparing to file new antitrust charges against Intel, expanding a probe into the chipmaker's marketing and sales practices, The Wall Street...

Tags: Intel Corp., Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Security, Business Operations, Hardware, Reuters, Intel, antitrust, European Commission, AMD, processors

News items 2008-07-16

News to know: Apple vs. Psystar; Intel; Microsoft and multicore; Linux kernel

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple sues Psystar Sam Diaz: Complaint: 'Invaluable good is being eroded' Larry Dignan: The end of the Mac clones? Jason D. O'Grady: Apple: See you in court Larry Dignan: Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Linux Kernel, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Twitter, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Linux, Channel Management, Mainframes, Open Source, Telecommunications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Servers

Blog posts 2008-07-16

European telcos squeal: should we care?

European telcos squeal: should we care?Dennis is a true European!His blog makes it perfectly clear. He talks about the "charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators" sic when traveling internationally. That verbiage could have come right out of Brussels. Who is forcing Dennis to pay those charges? Nobody! If...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Regulations, Dennis, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

European telcos squeal: should we care?

One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group  for the industry arguing...

Tags: Mobile, Industry, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Regulations, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-15

2nd-generation Intel Classmates reviewed

I just love these little laptops, so here's another repost while I've "gone fishin'". Intel recently sent me two examples of their second-generation Classmate PC for testing. The Classmates include numerous improvements on their already well-thought-out first-gen machines and mark the first versions that we can...

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Classmates, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Memory, Mesh Networking, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Fear and enterprise in the PaaS channel

Fear and enterprise in the PaaS channelSaaS and PaaS still not an Enterprise SolutionInternet based solutions whether they are software or platform do not pass any type of sanity test.1. Data ownership. No matter what the license agreements always have 2 clauses that allow them to do what ever they...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, PaaS, storage

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G

There's plenty that's great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com's Natasha Lomas. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived--a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple Inc., 3G iPhone, 3G, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Networking, iPhone 3G, Apple, smart phones, Natasha Lomas, silicon.com

News items 2008-07-15

eBay wins big in federal court, but Europe is a different story

A federal judge ruled Monday that eBay doesn't have an obligation to police its sellers for trademark infringements, the Times reports. The decision upholds Internet companies' safe harbor against claims that they should be liable for users' infringements. "Tiffany has failed to demonstrate that eBay knowingly...

Tags: eBay Inc., Branding, Internet, Strategy, Litigation, Marketing, Management, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-14